Wael Ibrahim – The secret of quitting Pornography Revealed QnA

			Today Insha Allah, I'd like to answer the
		

			following question that I received and I often
		

			receive almost on daily basis. What is the
		

			best way to quit *? Now the questioner
		

			is asking about the best way as if
		

			there is one magical
		

			formula for those who are stuck within the
		

			cycle of *, but that's not true. However,
		

			I would say if you wanted to start
		

			off your journey towards recovery, there is one
		

			thing that you must
		

			apply in your life and that is lowering
		

			the gaze. Look away from that which you
		

			know would bring you back to square 1.
		

			Lowering the gaze away from that which is
		

			unlawful is a concept that Allah Subhanahu Wa
		

			Ta'ala had introduced to us in the Quran,
		

			and it was, of course, taught and practiced
		

			by the prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam in the
		

			early generation
		

			for a very important reason, and that is
		

			to prevent and to protect your private part
		

			from doing anything sexually unlawful. Allah told
		

			us in the Quran,
		

			Tell to the believing men to lower their
		

			gaze and to guard their modesty. Lowering the
		

			gaze and guarding the modesty are mentioned one
		

			after the other to indicate that if we
		

			lower our gaze by default, by natural, our
		

			private part will be protected. And the same
		

			command is given to women. Tell them to
		

			lower their gaze and to guard their modesty.
		

			So if you wanted one tip to help
		

			you start your journey towards recovery, it will
		

			be lowering the gaze.